1889

September 11

Cave and Māori artifacts discovered at Moncks Spur.

December 1

First New Zealand-built locomotive completed at Addington railway workshops.

(no date)

Canterbury labour unions form Trades and Labour Council.

Notes

• Information for this resource was based on the second edition of John Densem’s Christchurch chronology: a history of settlement. Environmental Policy and Planning Policy Unit, Christchurch City Council, 1990.
  More about the Christchurch Chronology.
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